Lois Delander
Lois E. Delander | |
|---|---|
 Delander in 1927 | |
| Born | Lois Eleanor Delander March 14, 1911 |
| Died | January 23, 1985(aged 73) |
| Title | Miss America 1927 |
| Predecessor | Norma Smallwood |
| Successor | Marian Bergeron |
| Spouse | Ralph Lang |
| Children | 3 |
Lois Eleanor Delander(February 14, 1911 – January 23, 1985) wasMiss Americain 1927.
Biography
[edit]Delander, a native ofJoliet, Illinoisand high school junior, aged 16, won the Miss America crown on her parents' twentieth wedding anniversary. Following the1927 competition,the pageant would not held again until 1933.
She was one of the most famous models appearing in theGerlach Barklow Co.art calendars.[1]A pastel of Lois Delander wearing a white bathing suit was artistAdelaide Hiebel's most famous work.[2]
Personal life
[edit]She married Ralph Lang, a stockbroker, and lived inEvanston, Illinoiswith her three daughters, Diana, Linda, and Marsha.[3]She died nearChicagoin 1985.[4]
References
[edit]- ^Sorensen, Karen (2012-02-22)."Old Calendars Now Now Coveted by Collectors, Plainfield Historians Say".Plainfield Patch.Plainfield, IL.Retrieved2013-06-07.
- ^"Adelaide Hiebel".City of Joliet.Archived fromthe originalon 2004-08-25.Retrieved2013-06-07.
- ^"All the Miss Americas, Then and Now".LIFE Magazine.Time Inc. September 28, 1959. p. 89.
- ^"Miss America History 1927".Archived fromthe originalon 2006-09-23.Retrieved2006-12-23.
- Russell Roberts, Richard Youmans,Down the Jersey Shore,Rutgers University Press, 1993ISBN0-8135-1996-9,p. 89
External links
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- A pastel of Lois Delander wearing a white bathing suit,by Adelaide Hiebel
- "America's Fairest Maid" (1927), British PathéonYouTube
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